VICTORIA — A pact with the Green party that allowed the NDP to form a minority government in British Columbia is a working example of electoral reform ahead of a referendum on the issue next year, Premier John Horgan says.

B.C.'s government must fight raging land speculation by banning non-resident purchases of B.C. farmland and extending a residential foreign-buyer tax across the province, Green party Leader Andrew Weaver said Tuesday.

B.C. Green party Leader Andrew Weaver plans to push the NDP government toward enabling ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, reigniting a contentious issue for a government that made huge political gains in the last election by appearing to back the traditional taxi industry.